SA vs Australia showdown at St George’s Park poised to be a cracker

Given the goings-on this week‚ the second Test between South Africa and Australia is bound to be a cracker starting at St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth on Friday.

After all the he said‚ he saids this week‚ the teams will finally get down to playing some cricket again.

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It has been a short turnaround since South Africa lost the first Test in Durban on Sunday but there has been 24-hour coverage on the unseemly Quinton de Kock-David Warner controversy since it broke on Monday.

It has had the cricket world and social media at odds this week and no matter what they tell you about the teams’ management meeting with officials to restore some calm on Thursday‚ there will still be some pent-up aggression waiting to be offloaded.

It would be naïve to think any different.

But it is how the players are able to channel that aggression that will be key to all the players making it through the series without any more demerit points being slapped around.